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"I find hope in the work of long-established groups such as the Arms Control Association...[and] I find hope in younger anti-nuclear activists and the movement around the world to formally ban the bomb."

– Vincent Intondi
Author, "African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement"
July 1, 2020
China
  • On Nuclear Weapons, Actions Belie Reassuring Words
    January 11, 2022

    On Jan. 3, the leaders of the five nuclear-armed members of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issued a rare joint statement on preventing nuclear war in which they affirmed, for the first time, the 1985 Reagan-Gorbachev maxim that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”

  • Saudi Arabia Said to Produce Ballistic Missiles
    January 11, 2022

    Saudi Arabia is building ballistic missiles, according to CNN.

  • Chinese Hypersonic Glider Said to Fire Projectile
    January 11, 2022

    The hypersonic glide vehicle that China allegedly tested in July included the release of an unspecified projectile, the Financial Times reported.

  • A Small Step Toward an ASAT Ban
    December 1, 2021

    Last month, the UN First Committee, responsible for international security, approved a compromise resolution that sets into motion a new open-ended working group to develop rules of the road for military activities in space.

  • China’s Strategic Arsenal: Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems
    December 1, 2021

    Editors James M. Smith and Paul J. Bolt have produced an insightful book that enriches the public debate with a holistic and systematic examination of China’s nuclear strategy.

  • Pentagon Sees Faster Chinese Nuclear Expansion
    December 1, 2021

    China is accelerating its development of strategic nuclear warheads, more than doubling last year’s estimate, according to the U.S. Defense Department’s 2021 China military power report.

  • China, Russia Propose North Korea Sanctions Relief
    December 1, 2021

    China and Russia are pushing the UN Security Council to lift certain sanctions on North Korea in recognition of steps Pyongyang has taken to denuclearize and to encourage further negotiations.

  • Biden-Xi Virtual Summit Should Lead to Agreement on Nuclear Risk Reduction Talks
    November 15, 2021
    Like the United States and Russia, the United States and China are both locked in a dangerous state of mutual nuclear vulnerability. Its time for a regular dialogue on nuclear risk reduction and arms control.
  • Arms Control Association Says China’s Nuclear Buildup Deeply Troubling
    November 3, 2021

    The executive director is calling for the start of talks on arms control and risk reduction to head off a dangerous arms race.

  • China’s Nuclear Expansion: The Challenges, Implications, and Risk Reduction Options
    November 2, 2021

    As the Biden administration continues to conduct a review of U.S. nuclear weapons policy scheduled to be completed in early 2022, China appears to be in pursuit of a significant and concerning expansion of the diversity and the size of its nuclear forces.

  • Toward a Successful NPT Review
    November 1, 2021

    Twenty-six years ago, at the 1995 review conference on the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the future of the treaty was not asssured. But the states-parties committed to the “complete elimination of nuclear weapons” and endorsed specific disarmament actions that led to the indefinite extension of this treaty. But since at least 2010, the nuclear disarmament process has stalled, and the NPT regime is once again at a crossroads.

  • China Tested Hypersonic Capability, U.S. Says
    November 1, 2021

    China has tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle, U.S. intelligence sources told the
    Financial Times.

  • U.S. Suspends Nuclear Trade With Chinese Group
    November 1, 2021

    U.S. Suspends Nuclear Trade With Chinese Group

  • China, Pakistan Press BWC on New Guidelines
    October 1, 2021

    In what could be an important move, the two states urged adoption of guidelines aimed at guarding against the development and proliferation of biological weapons.

  • Understanding Hypersonic Weapons: Managing the Allure and the Risks
    September 14, 2021
    The U.S. rush to field hypersonic weapons merits a more critical examination by the Biden administration and Congress given the many unanswered questions about their rationale, technical viability, cost-effectiveness, and escalatory risks. This new report outlines the scope of these unanswered questions and suggests recommended actions.

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